Most Metro areas the state saw an increase in joblessness last month amounting to a 5.8-percent unemployment rate statewide. That’s .20 of a percent increase in joblessness compared to last November.
The Peoria-metro area saw a nearly 1-percent jump in unemployment from November 2014. That amounted to about 500 job losses. Unemployment for the Peoria area was 7.2-percent last month.
12 other metro areas also saw an increase in unemployment. Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights had the lowest unemployment at
5.2-percent. The highest was 7.7-percent in Danville.